The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-29
WILD BILL, OF KANSAS

killing Two Soldiers in Twins""s'
but itntins ut - Monkey.
"Wild Bill was good shot, was nc
not'' ..
with tho six shooter he was simply
wonderful. ln my entertainment give
;,n illustration Of q double shot ne mace
out at Hays City. Kan. in the early Gays:
when he shot two soldiers, one III 1roht u
him and one directly behind him, each ch.
,lcayoripx to shoe, him leforc ne coma
draw his gun. lIc killed one anu NOR
tally wounded the other, aud INC Two Ic-
pprts Of the revolver seemed almost as
ono. The marvellous feat was the talk oI
the country for y long time. III 1act'
when came by there n few days ago one
Of the old residents who Witnessed the
killing mentioned it To lie and said Ee
could scarcely lxlicve it even after seeing
It. Bill never missed his mark. ] nave
seen hin, take ~ lis:ol IN each EanA ana
fire with right and left pistol ut a can
thrown in the air, hitting it with both
bullets. BY the way, heard a very
funny story told ON Bill some time ago.
II You remember, he married Mre. Agnes
Lake, widow of Lake. the circus man.
Bill fairly worshipc<l his wife, but de-
spite his great love for her she never
could induce him to quit drinking. He
would come home full Of bad whisky, ana
one ,lay Mrs. Hickok said to him:
!" Bill, II you don't quit this drinking
pretty soon sou will actually begin to see
monkeys
'Monkeys:' seil he. What do you
mean, little One:'
I" why, you know, when people hack
l., IN {,.1 ,f
they get back there they sec snakes, but
this awful stun out here makes them see
monkeys
''Bill laughed at her and did not give
the matter u second thought, little dream.
ing that she had 'pnt up q job to break
him of his Incorporate habits. There was
tame monkey in the town-Cheyennc,
believe It wns-and Mrs. uickok had in
night. Bill came home that might COM
Portable drunk. and after hc had gone to
sleep his wife secured the monkey and
chained It to the foot Ut the bed. Then
turning down the light n little, she too
retired and awaited results. Bill woke
up in the night burning with thirst nnd
raised up into sitting posture, intending
to get out of bed and get u drink Of water.
uVACs tCANsACA Wy WA '11O AV'o1uIA, Voo
the monkey, staring him in the face with
Litieous grilnaces. He rubbed his blcarcd
eyes, looked again, and a horrible s,,spi-
cion came into his bcf,,dtlled brain. Had
his wife told him tho truth? Did he really
have 'cIns Finally, he sprang ont OH the
hoor, seized his six shooter, which lay Oh
table near, leveled 1t nt the grinning
creature, and said:
Now, old man, II you arc a monkey
you're in had fix; II you amt monkey
I'm in u b,.d fix.' At the same instant he
fired and the monkey fell over in tho ago
MES Of death. His wife, who had been
watching the working of her scheme,
sprang up in the bed with scream, and
Bill, turning to her with II broad smile Vi
the most intense satisfaction, said:
Little woman, congratulate me, fo,
have just had a wonderful escape
amt as drunk rs thought l was, ant
there's u monkey lynn there on the hool
that'll Eever intrudo itself into the do
nestle felicy OF another happy family an
make gentleman think he's got tho Jim
jams. Capt. Jack Crawford in Kansa.
City Times.